I like leaving mines in areas I clear. It generally works reasonably well... I'll be bopping along, and suddenly I'll get XP for no reason... and know that somewhere, Someone Bad has found one of my little parting gifts.
Good idea. My only issue is I seldom carry around mines and traps because they weigh me down and I don't remember to use them when I should. (Also mine placement is really wonky).
(Note my priorities for what is worth what weight is a bit silly. I will sacrifice a mini-nuke because I NEED that lab coat if something happens where I need to look sciencey.)
Although I really now want to do that in particular all around the Crater near the lighthouse.
They MIGHT actually be way better in Survival since the Forged shouldn't keep coming back all the time. Once you do eventually clear those areas they should be relatively safe. Get some supply lines and build up their defenses fast, and the places will be able to defend themselves well if and when any respawns eventually arrive.
I had an interesting situation in Survival involving the Forged and the Gunners nearby. I was worried about taking on the Forged (I remembered that the final encounter didn't have much cover and was difficult when not on survival), so instead I took out the nearby Gunners. I got distracted, and did a few other missions, and a relatively small amount of time passed in game. I decided to go back and wipe out the Forged and, lo and behold, the Gunners were all back (even though other areas I had cleared at about the same time remained empty). I'm not sure if the game was set up to respawn the Gunners more quickly if the Forged remained active or something else happened (maybe that Gunner nest just respawns quickly).
I finally wiped out the Forged and then the Gunners right afterwards. I should check and see if either of them came back next time I fire up the game.
I know the respawn rate on normal mode is lightning fast, so it could be that it does respawn more often still... but that would be interesting to see. Let us know what happens.
Cryo mine was really handy in the final fight with the Forged. The guy doesn't seem to mind if you wander around dropping mines while he's talking.
I made it, I made it to Diamond City
and then the game froze on me so it doesn't count
Back to the Boathouse I go.
On my way back I stopped by a plumer supply store. So much rubber to be had
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Who leave Bottle Cap mines in a Plumbing store
I blame Cole for this
Todays story ends here
Another attempt to reach Diamond city.
Looted that Plumer store nicely. 4 damn mines in that place
Working my way through the city had to take shelter in a parking lot to avoid snipers.
Met a Drifter, tells me "You can sleep here with the raties"
Bullpucky
the "raties" are man eating mole rats
Plus you have strapped FRAG MINES to them
Why would you do that? WHY?
Todays Story ends here
I made it, I made it to Diamond City
and then the game froze on me so it doesn't count
This is why I gave up on playing survival "properly" and modded it so I could save whenever. It took me one loss of massive progress due to a CTD (I think I was even looking for a bed and just hadn't been able to find one... they are weirdly ubiquitous some places and then nonexistent elsewhere where they shouldn't be... e.g., random converted factory has mattresses in it, bunch of old houses don't... I guess the raiders raided the houses and took them to the factory) for me to go "well, screw vanilla survival mode." I was willing to try it as designed--I'm okay if I die in combat and I'd failed to save before, but if the meta-game itself is working against me that's different. I try to save as infrequently as reasonable but I don't regret modding.
So far my 1 or 2 endurance pistol user is doing ok. I occasionally resort to my automatic pipe rifle but generally try to stick to my pistols.
Who leave Bottle Cap mines in a Plumbing store
I blame Cole for this
Todays story ends here
Hey, if it was me, there's nothing of value left there anyway...
Damn it ADA why can't you leave people well enough alone
Now I am trapped in a shoot out between Gunners and Rust Devils
I'm hiding in an alley behind one of those tiny little 3 wheeler cars.
Rust Devil pops up. 66% chance to hit him in the head
I hit the car instead
Car catches on fire
explodes
Todays story ends here
So far my 1 or 2 endurance pistol user is doing ok. I occasionally resort to my automatic pipe rifle but generally try to stick to my pistols.
A good pistoleer build + many AP + the unique pistol the Railroad gives you = broken levels of hurt on badguys.
As discussed upthread, ADA's enemy perception is too good for her own good. I think it's something about the Assaultron head, as I had the same problem with Curie when I gave her an assaultron head. Codsworth/Mr. Handy head is a little less inclined to dive into battle.
Irish Pride Shipyard
nice place, except some fellow named Rory thought "Lets breed Murklurkers"
Luckily Murklerkers fall prey ti mines very easily.
Computer says he has a trunk of stuff under the boat in their nest....yeah lets save that for later.
Oh my this is a great place to loot. Lots of goodies 16 bags of cement, ammo, food, junk galor.
Yeah forget the trunk for now back to settlement
Soon as we leave the place I see raiders closing in. I let ADA engage and I run for it. If she gets busted I'll just find her at the red rocket.
I'm almost back at the nearest settlment when I hear it. A huge roar and the ground shakes. Turning around to see what it was would just waste valuable time that could be spent running away.
and so I sprint for the settlement Deathclaw right behind me.
I am really really glad it didn't actually chase me
ADA catches up and I get some sleep
Ok...so there is a Deathclaw out there.
I go to take a look and yep...there he is.
and he's hurt, hurt bad
Bad enough that I manage to kill him and walk away with a broken arm.
Look around tells me why he was hurt. Half dozen dead raiders, probably the ones that chansed me out of the shipyard.
Nice, Loot and another nap.
Time to take the 16 bags of cement to the Boat house, where I was in the middle of building something.
I was feeling pretty over confident aftter that Deathclaw.
Got myself killed by Roaches and flies
Todays story ends here
Ok one more time
Diamond City here I come.... lets try going this way, maybe I won't die again
It's a long trip around the edges ofthe city, crossed a nice unmined bridge, made note of a brewery
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wtf? burning trees, impact ditch.....UFO?!
holy crap it's an actual flying saucer
I see a trail of green blood follow it into a cave. there he is
hey little green guy
don't need to be afraid, not gonna hur...oh crap he's shooting at me
Shotgun > Alien but I now have an Alien Blaster and 308 shots.
NEED SAVE POINT NOW
Luckily I find one. Vault 81 We have a little chat I give them some of the Fusion cores I loaded ADA down with and now I have new friends
still make me sleep in the shanty town outside though
ah well Game Saved, Alien Blaster GET!
Gonna be doing a lot of dying for a while I think.
Current plan is retake the Castle forthe minutemen. So me and ADA made our way over there. Managed to get to diamond city along the way which is nice.
Initial assault on the Castle works well. I lay down a mine field, and the minutemen wait for me to pull lurkers. That part works nicely.
but as you can imagine the queen is taking a little more effort.
doesn't help that one of Preston's dumbasses descides to poke her while I'm in the kitchen dealing with eggs.
This job is gonna take some time
managed to find a rooftop settlement right next to where I met Preston and his people for retaking the Castle. Not much but at least there is a matress
Starting to think taking the castle would be easier if I did it alone, but Survival mode is quick to point out that I die in 2 hits even if wearing Power armor
Just wish the dumb ass would not pull the Queen while I'm in the kitchen cooking Eggs
Maybe you could mine the hell out of the courtyard before starting the mission?
Maybe you could mine the hell out of the courtyard before starting the mission?
That's generally how I've done it in the past but I'm finding in survival mode 1 dose of Queen Venom Spew is pretty much death, even if she is baddly hurt
Get thee to a Fat Man.
4 Frag Mines, 3 Bottlecap mines and a face full of Alien Blaster = dead Murker Queen.
Too bad there was still a glowing green legendary Murker hiding up on the walls waiting to clip my arms off
Todays story ends there
The important thing is: Mines.
Ok one more try. Queen thoughouly exploded. Quick 1 hour nap, Time for Greenie
He's hiding on top of the north wall near some eggs. Few shots to lure him and and....
wow, like the power armor isn't even there
oh well I'll just pick up my legs and try again next time
Ok Greenie Round 3
ADA you stand there, i'll just be back here
and begin. That's right you stay focused on the robot.
Legendary foe mutates....
I kinda hoped ADA would last longer then that
and there goes my arm
I'll get you next time Greenie
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Ok Round 4
I didn't want to do this (cause I onlu have the one) but
EAT NUKA GRENADE!!!
wow...really underestimated the blast radius on that......
that...that one doesn't count
Round 4 (for real this time)
Time to put these lazy minute men to work.
Ok Greenie here we go. I take my pot shot and then
RUN
Jump off the wall and just run
Greenie being a dumb mob pursues using the stairs where he happens to run into ADA and some of the the minute men. Other minutemen are drawn by the fighting
Meanwhile I'm on the far side of the courtyard with a sniper rifle shooting Greenie in the legs. Always in the legs, again and again and again.
Soon enough ADA is down and the minute men are all screaming for stim packs and Greenie is limping his mutated legendary shell towards me. Legs are done so I sniper the arms. When he finally gets to me it just takes two shotgun blasts to the head to put him out of his misery
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Total Victory
(shut up ADA)
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I do so enjoy reading the continued adventures of Greylurker. Keep it up bud!
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Well trying to clean up the old fort, as well as open a path for settlers to get to it.
progress is slow on account of dying a lot
Found a bunch of concrete in the basement as well as a lot of Fragmines.
and something that powered up and said scary things about eliminating intruders....ran away from that.
Tried clearing out the Brewery...didn't go well. Legendary Supermutant think my power armor is made of tinfoil and then proceeds to prouve it.
Killed their guys outside though.
Guy tries to sell me a Credit Card....seriously post apocalyptic wilderness and I still have to deal with telemarketers.
Tried clearing out some Raiders but guess what. Legendary Raider not impressed by Power Armor.
Best Find though
Besement of a Church 3 feral Ghouls have built a Shrine to a Cat. They have an Alter, a big painting of a Cat, offerings of Dog Meat.
and this cat with blood on it's paws wandering around the place looking cute.
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it's sleeping on a pile of dead bodies now
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soooo cute
Hello Ronnie Shaw, nice to meet you
What, you say you would like to introduce me to the murderous death bot that lives in my basement.
sure what could go wrong, I'm certain you know how to turn the thing off
Todays story ends here
Right time to redo everything I did yesterday before Ronnie got me murdered
It's not much just looting around the harbor, Ghouls will come out of nowhere though. shipping crates must be full of them.
...wait...are those people on that boat?
I swim over and point a shotgun at them
"We don't want any trouble"
really...? ok then I'm just going to sleep on your mattress and leave in about 4 hours
I still have a shotgun though
Back to shore
looking around when I'm informed ADA needs to be repaired.
I turn around and see 4 Mosquitos coming for me
damn it ADA
Todays story ends here
It sounds like ADA gets you killed as much as she saves you.
Ok then
how do you stop a robot murder machine.
With lots of mines. 9 total
and that just stops it mind you by blowing out the legs. So as it sits there helpless you can just....
ow ok the machine gun arms still work just fine.
Gonna just rest against this pillar while the stim pack does it's stuff
Yes ADA I know you need repair, I'll get to it. and Ronnie you need to rethink the whole fighting point blank with a laser musket thing. I know you're old but please don't be senile on me.
and just because I need 1 more kick in the pants; Finch Farm needs help......Never should have turned on Radio Freedom.
ok then
Alien Blaster don't let me down...."GAAAAAAAH!!!!!"
and now we have an armory
Right....Finch Farm.
Wait, don't be stupid, 1 hour nap/save
ok now Finch Farm
So I'm hiking my way north along the Docks and I come across this kid. He saw a sea monster, tells me all about it.
While he has me distracted with his little BS story some Raider comes up and shoots me in the head.
Thanks kid. I'll remember you
Todays Story ends here
Welp there was no saving Finch Farm. just couldn't make it in time
(ok maybe if I hadn't taken some of those naps. give me a break I'm fatigued, lethargic and covered in paracites. I need my beauty sleep)
I help them repair the place and added a turret.
Then the gunners start shooting the cattle again....damn gunners.
4 crank laser musket sniper and BAP.
ha. how you like...oh crap
Gunners are like hornets. Kill one and you piss off the whole hive.
and this hive has an assaultron
ADA holds it and the other gunners off while I crank my musket. 4 Cranks is pretty bad ass, Assaultron goes down
what is that whistling noise?
Crap
Todays story ends here
I do so enjoy reading the continued adventures of Greylurker. Keep it up bud!
Me too!
Soon!...
Now, if only I can pry the kids off the new PS 4...
So the last few days I have been running around building Cannons at different settlements. Also got Zamunji and Greygarden into the fold.
Everything is looking good.
time to head back to the Fort. It's slow going, picking my way through the city, looting a couple of places along the way.
Added bonus. Christmas Steam card has gained me Far Harbor DLC. So new Crafting options suddenly available like Caltrops and Barns.
ADA starts shooting at some Raiders...she is always quick on the gun. That's fine I take a few pot shots from around the corner
Suddenly Bear.
Huge Bear, biggest I've seen in the game yet
chrages right past me into the raiders and ADA.
I rethink my position and fall back, leaving a mine behind me.
Shooting Stops
Bear comes round the corner, sets off the mine, keeps chargeing, I shoot the musket, keeps coming
Had it not been for the mysterious stranger I'd be bear food.
Better repair ADA and and collect some bear meat
Is that a Grenade?
ah crap
boom
where did I save last?
Todays story ends here
I was lucky enough to get a kneecapper pipe revolver so anytime I see big scary monsters I just blast them with that until they start crawling towards me and I can calmly blast them with my better weaponry. It’s what saved me in the museum of witchcraft.
The hardest part so far is getting used to the PlayStation 4 controller, definitely not the same as the Xbox 360.
Welp helped Travis the radio DJ get lucky. Then had to save the owner of the Inn. Good thing I'd already killed everybody in that place.
Probably about time I go save Nick.
As I wander the city I see a nice fat glowing green Rad Stag. yum Meat is on the menu. Bam...huh...not dead....not running away...oh god It's charging
crank the musket, crank the musk....
and todays story ends there
todays lesson....4 cranks of a laser musket doesn't always kill everything
also...sometimes Radstags charge
There is always something new to find
So I'm heading down the road and right in the middle of it I find a huge metal Box
Attached to said box is a computer terminal, and a generator. There is also a savage bench.
and it's all just sitting here in the middle of the road
Ok fine I'll bite. Turn on the generator, look at the computer.
Eyebot recon system? What would I like the Eyebot to search for?
Adhesive I guess
and away it goes
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I should probably follow it
Bot is zipping about, seems to be looking and it stopped....no it's going again....behind me I hear ADA fighting some supermutants
I'm sure she'll be fine
Eyebot leads me to
a big pack of Raiders.... like 6 of them including a legendary
ADA I could use a hand...oh right Supermutants...4 of them huh...yeah you bring them this way that is clearly the best plan......
upside after I'm dead hopefully the two groups will kill each other
Todays Story ends here
Found an old Bunker today, Had the last survivor of a BoS patrol. I'd found some of them before but they were all dead. Tried to talk to the guy but ....he wasn't gonna listen. ADA put him down.
Guy had a lot of stuff hough plus Bed o sleep on.
Headed out after a good sleep, quick chat with some Minutemen patroling the area.
Rust Devils with a Sentry bot nearly got me. Getting real sick of those guys but now I got a Kneecapper Plasma gun.....Decided to hit the bunker again and sleep till morning.
Passed a waste dispossal site. Way too many rads to explore though
Approaching the Slog when I hear ADA shooting.....almost don't want to look
Stingwings, lots of them swarming all over her. Start picking them off at a distance with the musket
"Sunshine Co-Op needs Defending"
That is on the whole other side of the map......only 3 people there......god damn it why do I have to do everything here
Start hoofing it back west
Only we missed two stingwings who hit us from behind
Poison finishes me off
Today Story ends here
So I wake up in my bunker thinking "Sunshine Co-op might get attacked today...also Stingwings suck"
I'm halfway there when I get the notice
Sure enough Killer robots have the 3 settlers pinned down. Me and ADA make quick work of them and then we do a bit of construction.
There is an added bonus though. Eyebot scout has located a mini nuke for me and it's right next door to the co-op.
Bunch of Dead Raiders later and I have a me a nuke and a lot of other junk. Spend some time at a workshop and Tadaa
Quad Barrel Scopped Missile Launcher
Quick run around to various settlements to do some population management and then it's off to rescue Nike Valentine.
Which brings us to now
I am hiding in a bookstore
outside Ghouls, Raiders and Supermutants are (hopefully) killing each other
You see the thing about a Quad missile launcher is while it is a very fun weapon. It is also loud...so very loud
and for some reason people want to see what caused all the BOOMS
wish i had more ammo for it.
and while I am carrying a Mini Nuke...I seem to have forgotten to bring a Fatman
Need time to think my way out of this one while remember that my last save....was....a long time ago.....crap....it's the bunker isn't it
Hurt bad, vision blurry, moving slow...
Supermutants won the big brawl but turns out they remembered I was around.
Neon sigh offers sanctuary..."GOODNEIGHBORE"
No time for jerk trying to shake me down at the door he gets the Shotgun to the head. Locals applaud.
Get the power armor repaired sell some junk and then hotel, sleep and comfort.
When I get up I run into a surprise. The Vault Tec guy who got me Frozen in the first place. He seems a bit pissed but I manage to talk him down and send him to Sanctuary
Now to Save Nike
Goes pretty good,
unfortunately on my way back to town I run into some Forged and they explode me
Todays Story ends here
Ok
Rescued Nike....again
Me and ADA are loaded to the limit
I am slugging back Wiskey and Burbon and Cola just to keep walking
I've run out of food and I've run out of water
by the time I reach Diamond City I am dead on my feet and I just drank the last of the Vodka. I'm also a full on Alcholoic now...on top of the Insomnia and Paracites
I stumble into the Dugout inn and sleep for 10 hours
Interesting note: If you rent a room and put stuff in a container in that room it counts as stealing when you take it back. Good thing the door was closed
Sell a bunch of armor and weapons. Mod up a combat shotgun, name it Betty
Talk to Nike
Search Kellog's house
Before I send Dogmeat on a run though I need to sort out my current supply situation.
Me and ADA storm Hangman's Alley. Kill em all then unload ADA's junk into the workbench.
Now gonna get some rest and follow Dogmeat in the morning
You got the doctor in Diamond City to cure your insomnia and parasites, right? I think it's only 15 caps, cheaper than buying antibiotics.
If you can build stores, assign Vault Tec dude to a general trading post.
You got the doctor in Diamond City to cure your insomnia and parasites, right? I think it's only 15 caps, cheaper than buying antibiotics.
If you can build stores, assign Vault Tec dude to a general trading post.
I think it ran me 75 caps to clean out my system. I'll remember about the stores
Ok time to hunt down Kellog. Go get im Dogmeat.
Been through this before so I think I'm ready for it.
... At stop point 1 we are ambushed by Rust Devils and nearly killed.
Molerats I see coming no problem there
Next up is the Bear. Yep there it is.
For some reason I end up fighting the bear alone. What the hell are ADA and Dogmeat doing?
Half dead I look up from the Bear and see they are fighting a crazy Sentry Bot.
It charges me
I die and it takes a full 10 seconds before my corpse hits the ground.
Clearly this trip is going to take a little more preparation than I had expected.
Bear continues to be a bit of a road block
primarily because the damn thing has back up....today it was a Stingwing plus a swarm of junk bots.
It's mocking me, I'm sure of it
The RNG is certainly messing with you, that's for sure.
My unsolicited advice is ditch ADA (for the time being), her highly tuned enemy sensors and aggressive combat mode are not helping you here. Get a human companion whose less likely to run off and leave you stranded.
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Today's lesson
As you build up your settlements, establish you suppy lines and see more minute men patrolling the world, you may start to feel a sense of overconfidence and tell yourself "I don't need to save right now, I'm just running over to that place near by I'll save when I get there"
Slap yourself for thinking that and save the damn game, because you never know when a Rust devil is going to walk around the corner and shoot you in the face, wipping out hours of progress
So I've been doing a lot of running around lately. Mostly saving towns that are under attack.
This was delayed considerably by some crazy guy hold up in a building on the road with a minigun. Ended up going the long way around to avoid him.
The current settlment under attack is Finch Farm. Getting there wasn't too bad. It's what I found when I got there there that is more than a little horrifying. Massive swarm of killer robots including 3 Integrated Tankbots.
Tankbot charge is unpleasant at the best of times. 3 charging Tankbots.....you could tell from the way my body flopped around that every single bone had been turned to dust.
I think we are going to need a plan
~laughter~ Poor Greylurker.
Oh Greylurker, what did you do to the monster spawner to anger it so much?
Suggested: New plan: capture and tame a deathclaw, leave it to protect Finch Farm.
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OMG, Dr. Vault Tec hasn't captured ANY monsters for her nefarious experiments yet... I've got a project to work on....